Renata CanivezoMy saddest break-up was… with my therapistOur relationship started with an expiration date. No, it wasn’t a summer love or an exchange program fling. It was 12 sessions of therapy…Jun 30, 2022Jun 30, 2022
Renata CanivezoWhy first dates are just like job interviewsMy go-to faux leather skirt in dark green came to mind when I tried to choose a first date outfit. I remembered I had worn it on my last…Apr 27, 2022Apr 27, 2022
Renata CanivezoIceland: black sand, geothermal pools and everything in betweenWhenever I told people I had plans to go to Iceland that winter, they looked with the oh she must have money face. Whenever I posted a…Mar 3, 2022Mar 3, 2022
Renata CanivezoThese are the five stages of being ghostedStarring at the word online right below his name, I realized he was not dead or in a coma. He just decided not to respond to my five…Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
Renata Canivezo2022 is the year to say goodbye to my pre-COVID selfA couple of months after moving from Brazil to the UK, the pandemic started. I didn’t have time to digest this cold and weirdly too polite…Dec 15, 2021Dec 15, 2021
Renata CanivezoHow a flying aeroplane gave me the clarity I neededI could start by saying I’ve always loved looking at aeroplanes flying over my head — but who doesn’t? They are a small reminder of the…Oct 6, 2021Oct 6, 2021
Renata CanivezoI finally have hobbies–now I need projects too?For once, my story doesn’t start with a Bumble match. Except it does. But for a BFF connection, which makes everything more awkward and…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Renata CanivezoWhen your (almost) perfect Bumble romance ends in anxietyHis jeans-coloured eyes caught my light brown eyes (how you described days later) while I swiped on Bumble. Restrictions were being lifted…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Renata CanivezoPipe covers, cows with fringes and forests: A day in Scottish HighlandsTo create a mood, the nationalist and (cute) tour guide Steven B. played a cover of Sweet Child O’Mine from Red Hot Cilli Pipers during our…Jun 13, 2021Jun 13, 2021
Renata CanivezoI finally had my first meet-cute since the pandemic startedA romantic Brazilian song played in my AirPods while I walked in Cheniston Gardens, Kensington, towards my flat. I had been Friday drinking…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021